When my turn finally came, a few terse questions from the guy in the blue uniform brought out that I was a journalist.
Mr. Flatt is animated when talking about his businesses but terse when questions turn to his personal interests.
"Each one is a powerful, original work of art in its own right, yet linked to the others with a common theme, including the way their titles – terse comments, questions, or cries of outrage – connect them, and read on from one to another.
There is little eye contact, some awkward silences, and a lot of terse answers: a question usually yields a couple of sentences in response, rephrasing it gets you a few more words.
After a first-round 70, he shot 72 and was glum as he gave terse answers to questions from reporters.
In terse answers to questions, he agreed that he had not taken the gun away from Mr. Carneal, as he sometimes suggested after the shooting, and he agreed that he might not have influenced Mr. Carneal at all in his decision to stop shooting.
He praised the "convincing" acting and "realistic locations and terse dialogue" but questioned the verisimilitude of the story and concluded, "Body of Lies contains enough you can believe, or almost believe, that you wish so much of it weren't sensationally implausible".
Anheuser-Busch, which makes Michelob Light, had a terse response to a question about the similarity of the two spots.
"I don't give a fuck what they say," is Malian rapper Amkoullel's terse answer to a question about the Islamist music ban.
DeGuglielmo, after giving a terse response to a question about right tackle Austin Howard, said that he that he had been notified by the league — though not fined — for failing to satisfy that requirement when, in fact, he said he was available the entire time.
